diff --git a/server/src/controllers/boat.controllers.ts b/server/src/controllers/boat.controllers.ts
index 9406abdbbedba95572a23e57ba0e95921ebe3c93..1390153c6860bb4fbe1e29c15653d96a123d95f4 100644
--- a/server/src/controllers/boat.controllers.ts
+++ b/server/src/controllers/boat.controllers.ts
@@ -270,7 +270,8 @@ const updateBoatById = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
           .status(404)
           .json({ success: false, error: listIfNotFound + " sportIdNotFound" });
       }
-
+      // help Array in order to print as response the name of the updated new sports to boat
+      var listOfNames = new Array();
       //if sports Array is with valid id's, assign them to boat; create entry (boatid, each id of given sportIds) inf BoatHasSport table
       for (let i = 0; i < listIfFound.length; i++) {
         const boatid = givenId;
@@ -279,6 +280,9 @@ const updateBoatById = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
 
         //create new entry in boatHasBoatType
         await BoatHasSport.create(entry);
+
+        const findSportName = await (await Sport.findByPk(listIfFound[i])).name;
+        listOfNames.push(findSportName);
       }
     }
 
@@ -290,34 +294,27 @@ const updateBoatById = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
       returning: true,
     });
 
-    //help Array in order to print as response the name of the updated new sports to boat
-    var listOfNames = new Array();
-    const findBoatInfo = await Boat.findByPk(givenId);
-    for (let i = 0; i < listIfFound.length; i++) {
-      const findSportName = await (await Sport.findByPk(listIfFound[i])).name;
-      listOfNames.push(findSportName);
-    }
-
     //we need this special case res, because sports is not an attribute assigned to Boat table, and if only sports provided as request body error happens
-    if (!(updatedBoat === undefined)) {
+    if (updatedBoat === undefined) {
       //return after updating
       return res.status(200).json({
         success: true,
         result: {
           id: givenId,
-          name: findBoatInfo.name,
-          boattype: findBoatInfo.boattype,
-          status: findBoatInfo.status,
-          tags: findBoatInfo.tags,
-          minP: findBoatInfo.minP,
-          maxP: findBoatInfo.maxP,
+          name: foundBoat.name,
+          boattype: foundBoat.boattype,
+          status: foundBoat.status,
+          tags: foundBoat.tags,
+          minP: foundBoat.minP,
+          maxP: foundBoat.maxP,
           sports: listOfNames,
         },
       });
     }
-    
+
     //case where in request body attributes from Boat provided + sports which is an attribute in Sport table and connection between Boat and Sport is saved in BoatHasSport table
     const boatDataAfterUpdate = updatedBoat[1][0];
+    console.log("boatDataAfterUpdate ", boatDataAfterUpdate);
     return res.status(200).json({
       success: true,
       result: {